Cryptsoft and Utimaco combine to bring KMIP enabled general purpose HSMs to the market

BRISBANE, Australia - Feb. 28, 2016 - PRLog -- Cryptsoft announced the availability of Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) technology in Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) as a result of a new commercial relationship with Utimaco IS GmbH, a leading manufacturer of HSMs.

“Utimaco is excited about leveraging our joint technologies to enable a security product that combines the best features and functionality of our customizable general purpose HSM with Cryptsoft’s KMIP Key Manager,” said Thorsten Gröetker, Chief Technology Officer at Utimaco. “The power of hardware security combined with the flexibility of KMIP based key managers as the gatekeeper of privacy and sensitive enterprise data has become the main security focal point for organizations as they do business.”

“The strategic relationship between Cryptsoft and Utimaco is focussed on bringing modern, open standards based key management products into the security market,” said Greg Scott, CEO at Cryptsoft. "I am excited to see Utimaco's high quality KMIP enabled HSM products extending the choices and options for key management that the security market has been demanding for some time."

About Cryptsoft Pty Ltd

Cryptsoft is a privately-held Australian company with 20 years’ experience in the cryptographic and security markets. Cryptsoft’s Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) and PKCS#11 software development kits (SDKs) for Server and Client empowers vendors to provide the secure, simplified, and vendor-agnostic interoperable enterprise key management solutions the global market is demanding. Cryptsoft is an OASIS Foundational Sponsor, SNIA and SSIF Voting Member. http://www.cryptsoft.com

About Utimaco IS GmbH

Utimaco is a leading manufacturer of hardware based security solutions that provide the root of trust to keep cryptographic keys safe, secure critical digital infrastructures and protect high value data assets. The Utimaco HSM offers scalable performance with the highest level of physical security and self-defense for hostile environments. By building business applications on Utimaco’s hardware root of trust, customers achieve regulatory compliance and the security confidence to focus on their core business. https://hsm.utimaco.com